International Home + Housewares Show 2013: Scanwood Offers Thoughtful Design from Material to Packaging

It didn't even occur to me that we featured a Core77 Design Awards honoree in our most recent Holiday Gift Guide—after all, the desk set and the packaging for their utensils aren't related in any obvious way. Yet the Danish brand lies precisely at the intersection of the minimalist aesthetic of the former products and eco-conscious imagery of the latter—as Scanwood's Jens Moller explains below:

New acacia serving boards and platters

New acacia serving boards and platters

Check out the Scanwood website for more details (NB: some of the products are not yet available).

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